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TCL has announced that its inkjet OLED production process is now stable enough for the company to speak of mass production. This is significant, because until recently printed OLEDs were more of a curiosity shown at trade shows than something that actually made its way into ordinary devices.
The first displays are already on sale
TCL CSOT is currently producing IJP OLED panels on a 5.5-generation line. They have already been used in, among others, the 27-inch MSI Pro Max OLED 271UPJW12 monitor and selected Lenovo devices. The idea itself is interesting, because instead of conventional production methods the OLED materials are applied very precisely in a process resembling inkjet printing. Ultimately this is intended to simplify production and reduce costs.
The real test is yet to come for TCL
For now the scale is still not huge. The most important will be the T8 8.6-generation line, which is meant to allow TCL to produce such panels much more widely. If all goes according to plan, the OLED market could gain another serious player alongside LG Display and Samsung Display. And that's probably the most interesting thing here: printed OLEDs are slowly ceasing to be an experiment and are beginning to appear in real products.
Sources: OLED-Info, TCL CSOT.
